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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
The Mysterious Case of the Wayward Aircraft CarrierThere is a sobering reality beyond this week’s strange “Where’s Waldo?” story of the USS Carl Vinson and its strike group: For a period of time, significant confusion existed ...
By Phillip Carter
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Trump hails military after it drops "Mother of All Bombs" on AfghanistanPresident Trump hailed the U.S. military after it dropped the "mother of all bombs," America's largest non-nuclear weapon, in Afghanistan on Thursday.But just like last week's...
By Adam Routh
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
Military keeps American people and business safeIt appears that President Trump's proposed budget will not survive first contact on the Hill. The large cuts to some agencies, such as the State Department, and cultural inves...
By Lauren Fish
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Defense / National Security Human Capital Program
H.R. McMaster and James Mattis are steering the Trump administration away from “America First.”President Donald Trump swept into office with no government experience, few policy positions, and a team of iconoclastic outsiders who echoed his desire to put America first i...
By Phillip Carter
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Podcast
National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Event Podcast: Women in National SecurityBy Michèle Flournoy, Frances Townsend, GEN Carter Hem, USA (Ret.) & Jennifer Griffin
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National Security Human Capital Program / Securing U.S. Democracy Initiative
Katherine Kidder and Phillip Carter Discuss New Report on Women in National SecurityBy Katherine Kidder, Phillip Carter & Neal Urwitz
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National Security Human Capital Program
Memo to the Marine Corps: Don't Pretend It's Just a PR ProblemFollowing almost every crisis and scandal, the person, company or government entity responsible is tempted chalk it up as "just a PR problem." "If only they knew the real us,"...
By Amy Schafer & Neal Urwitz
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National Security Human Capital Program
We Need More Of The Right Forces In AfghanistanAfghanistan is at an inflection point. Again. For anyone keeping track, this has become an annual ritual as our efforts over the last decade have been characterized by the sus...
By Dr. Jason Dempsey
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National Security Human Capital Program
Future of the All-Volunteer ForceKatherine Kidder, fellow in the Military, Veterans and Society program at the Center for a New American Security, discusses the future of the All-Volunteer Force in the milita...
By Katherine Kidder
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National Security Human Capital Program
Phillip Carter with APPhillip Carter joined AP to discuss Attorney General Jeff Sessions' possible recusal from any investigations of ties between the administration and Russia....
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Stolen ValorIf you stuck with President Donald Trump to the end of his speech to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday, you would have been treated to a patriotic display that much of th...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Trump just blamed the military for the botched Yemen raid. That's a disgrace.Most Americans thought little of President Harry Truman when he ascended to the White House in April 1945. Six months later, they thought even less, as the nation’s economy sl...
By Phillip Carter
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Commentary
National Security Human Capital Program
McMaster knows how national security policy can go wrong. Will that help him?For a generation after losing the Vietnam War, the American military soothed itself with a “stabbed in the back” narrative: If not for meddling politicians, intrusive journali...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
The Trump Administration’s Not-So-Benign NeglectThis week, President Trump delighted his base with a pledge to treat deportations like a “military operation.” There were also reports that his administration is urging govern...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Grow the US military but do it right, not just fastTopping the 2017 agendas for President Trump, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, and Armed Services Committee leadership are plans to grow the military. They are each glossing...
By Amy Schafer & Loren DeJonge Schulman
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National Security Human Capital Program
We Need a Special Counsel to Investigate the Trump AdministrationAs a military intelligence officer, Michael Flynn enjoyed a meteoric rise. He eventually earned three stars following brilliant assignments as the intelligence chief for Joint...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
For Guidance on Women in Combat Positions, Look to the U.S. Coast GuardIn the wake of former Secretary of Defense Ash Carter’s 2015 decision to open all combat positions to women, the Army, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy have grappled with the...
By Moira Fagan
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National Security Human Capital Program
Thank the “Deep State” for Quashing Trump’s Torture PlansThe American deep state—influential career executives in the national security community—has started to push back on President Donald Trump on a number of issues, including im...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
Hubris, Distrust, DisorderIn their early weeks and months in office, presidents and their advisers tend to commit the same structure and process errors, hobbling their administrations until they stop m...
By Phillip Carter
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National Security Human Capital Program
With Friends Like UsOn his eighth day in office, President Donald Trump signed an order purporting to keep America safe by keeping terrorists out. In reality, the order does little to keep us saf...
By Phillip Carter
